This is a 16-year-old deck with one inch wood decking and wood railings. Never seen anything like it! At 15 years the one-inch boards normally need to be r...

Click on image to buy covers for these nasty door dingers!

This house is still under construction and will therefore get better grading, yet it shows what happens when there is no sealant around these big egress wind...

Washington's Building Museum has a feature called LAWN. Built on scaffolding is a turf hill with hammocks and corn hole games. On a blazing Sunday afternoo...

Just like you can't use your deck in the summer without a 9 foot umbrella, you don't want bugs entering as you go inside repeatedly to get more beer! #exterior

Ok, this is a picture of a polar bear in a snowstorm! NOT! This is the kind of board you want to replace those rotten trim boards on the peak of your roof....

Door to lovely rooftop deck had interior hinges installed. They are rusting and the pins can be knocked out easily and the door removed by anyone from an adj...

New Xcluder product to fill gaps and holes. Says it won't rust. Comes in door sweeps too. #exterior #pests

Just takes a very simple tool: Click on image for link. #exterior #maintenance

93,000,000 miles a way, a billionth of it's energy hitting the day side of earth, and yet it's mere glancing reflection off a window can melt vinyl. This wi...

This photo shows security film on a bathroom window. Before the invention of the film the glass within 18 inches of the floor, or over bathtubs had to be tem...

Remove rust with a wire brush and steel wool. Paint with Rustoleum. Then fill pit with caulk and slope it away from post. Otherwise you'll need to hire a w...

Just need a spline tool and utility knife. Click on image for video. #remodel #exterior #maintenance

The plastic ones don't do your older home justice and they are too short for your vintage windows...wooden replacement ones are available at a reasonable pri...

The more I inspect, the more I respect the challenge of constructing a home. Products, codes and best practices are constantly changing. Each system requir...

House wash--gets rid of mold and algae! Wear goggles! Wear old clothes! Just attach it to your garden hose. When empty simply refill with 50/50 bleach/wa...

This shows how to do the shell and some of the interiors: no plumbing, electrical, HVAC. Even though it covers only some of the scope of a home inspector's w...

Sorry, not that much fun! Belly board is used as trim at the bottom of siding and Z-bar is the flashing above it. In the photo above the bottom portion of ...

Those vertical gaps between bricks where there is no mortar let the wall breathe. They're called weep holes but mice and other critters can enter through th...

This foam cladding system ran into serious problems before drainage was accommodated. Ask what kind is on your house! Click on image for further details. #...